Free Web NovelThe fifty contestants who made it to the finals needed to complete their check-in and registration before 8:30 AM.
When Mingxi arrived with Little Silver Flower, she immediately caught the attention of all the contestants in the waiting area.
This feeling of being in the spotlight, it was quite exhilarating, actually.
Although the 'all' here actually only referred to 49 people.
"Mingxi, you’re here! Have you had breakfast yet? I bought an extra zifan tuan, it’s chicken and fried dough stick flavored, do you want it?"
Xintian, as sweet as her name, had two faint dimples when she smiled. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Mingxi didn't dislike people who were naturally friendly but not malicious, but she was essentially an introvert, so she was a little overwhelmed by the other party's enthusiasm.
Seeing the zifan tuan handed over to her, she quickly waved her hand in refusal: "Thank you, I had breakfast before I came."
Xintian didn't feel embarrassed by the rejection. "Hehe, then I'll just be a big eater today."
"Um, where's Lokeshia?"
She looked into Mingxi's hood; yesterday she saw very clearly that Lokeshia liked to hide inside.
Hearing her name, Little Silver Flower, who was gnawing on a snack, poked her head out and looked at the human speaking opposite her.
Xintian's gaze had been fixed on Mingxi's hood, and as soon as she saw Little Silver Flower's head, her eyes instantly lit up.
But before she could even say hello, Little Silver Flower retreated back into her little nest.
She wasn't very interested in ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) humans other than Beast Tamers.
Xintian almost cried out in disappointment.
She quickly rallied, "Mingxi, can I add your terminal number? If there are similar competitions in the future, we can arrange to come together."
Mingxi didn't refuse, "Sure."
More friends mean more opportunities; as long as they weren't people she disliked, Mingxi wasn't resistant to interacting.
Although Xintian was naturally friendly, she had a good sense of boundaries, and after adding the terminal number, she returned to her companions.
It's worth mentioning that all five of Xintian's group made it into the finals based on their strength.
As one of the top Beast Taming Academies in Dragonflower Country, the students of Longhua International Beast Taming Academy were undoubtedly strong; both their personal qualities and their pet beast qualities were much stronger than those of ordinary Beast Tamers.
After Xintian left, several other people, including He Binbin, came to chat with Mingxi.
He Binbin was indeed specially invited by the Hailam Cup organizers to increase the popularity of the competition.
With the proliferation of various entertainment and non-entertainment competitions, the popularity of the Hailam Cup among the public has been declining in recent years.
If this continued, the Hailam Cup would become history.
So the organizers had no choice but to find ways to increase its popularity.
Inviting already famous Professional Beastmasters and entertainment celebrities was one of their methods to increase the competition's popularity.
They chose He Binbin not because of his high popularity, but because he was more representative.
He himself was from Henglong City, and he happened to have a Hailam Dragon, which fit perfectly with their competition.
In addition, He Binbin had entered a bottleneck period in recent years, with very slow progress in his strength. He had lost almost all the competitions he participated in over the past two years, and his results could only be described as a complete mess.
This led to his fans becoming increasingly dissatisfied with him.
It also directly affected his commercial value; he lost 8 endorsements in the past year alone.
So he himself was also very much in need of popularity and good results.
In fact, the original intention of the Hailam Cup organizers was to invite him as a special guest, only requiring him and the Hailam Dragon to perform an opening show.
But after consideration, he expressed that he wanted to participate as a contestant.
His purpose was not difficult to guess.
Although the Hailam Cup was not a Beast Taming competition and its fame was not great, it was an officially organized competition, so its standing was not low.
Because of his hometown and his pet beast, the audience would most likely not think that he was undignified or bullying by participating in such a small competition.
Instead, they would feel that even after achieving fame, he had not forgotten his original intention and was willing to condescend to participate in such a small competition to promote his hometown's traditional competition.
It might even become a beautiful story.
Of course, He Binbin made such a decision because he was confident that he would win the championship.
If he even lost in such a small competition, then forget about a beautiful story, a laughingstock would be more like it.
But unexpectedly, this year's Hailam Cup produced Mingxi.
No matter how unwilling He Binbin was, he had to admit that Lokeshia, whether in terms of appearance, uniqueness, or novelty, was leagues ahead of the Hailam Dragon.
He Binbin's mood at this moment was beyond stifling.
Mingxi wasn't blind, so she naturally saw He Binbin's gloomy and unpleasant expression, looking as if he was about to go to a male brothel to work.
So she couldn't understand why He Binbin would come to find her.
Surely he wasn't here to drum up business, was he?
Mingxi quickly learned his purpose.
"Mingxi, can you tell me where you bought your Lokeshia?"
At this moment, He Binbin's gaze became very sharp, even somewhat aggressive.
It was as if he wanted to see through the changes in her expression to judge the truthfulness of what she was about to say.
Mingxi merely smiled faintly at him and spoke truthfully: "Little Silver Flower wasn't bought by me, but was summoned by the Phantom Color Key."
He Binbin was stunned, his dark eyes sinking slightly, not expecting Lokeshia to have come into existence that way.
It was actually a Colorful summon!
He Binbin didn't suspect Mingxi of lying to him.
If it really was a Phantom Color Key summon contract, then the Yushou Center would definitely have a record, and her lie would be immediately exposed.
He believed this girl wouldn't be so foolish as to offend him for such a small matter.
He thought for a moment, then asked:
"Then does Lokeshia know where it came from? Is it a secret realm? A Mystic Ground? Or another planet?"
Mingxi raised an eyebrow, disliking his attitude of prying into others' secrets.
A cute and pretty young lady being direct is called straightforward and frank, but for a greasy old man, it's just arrogant and rude nonsense.
Mingxi was just that biased.
Although she disliked it, Mingxi still chose to be respectful and slowly replied:
"It was still an egg when I contracted it, and it fell into a long sleep soon after leaving its mother, so it also doesn't know where it came from."
This was also the truth.
Mingxi wasn't afraid of others investigating.
Upon hearing this, He Binbin's brows furrowed even deeper, and his gaze towards Mingxi became more probing and suspicious.
"Is that really true?"
"It's well known that Transcendent creatures have memories from birth. They can perceive external movements even as pet beast eggs. How could Lokeshia be completely unaware of its origins?"
Mingxi really wanted to roll her eyes.
But reason made her hold back.
"You might not have understood what I meant. I meant that before I contracted it, Lokeshia had been in a deep sleep for many, many years, over a thousand years."
"Even if it still remembers its homeland, that place no longer exists."
Although Mingxi explained sincerely and didn't lie, He Binbin clearly didn't believe her.
